EMPTY AND EVIL
The worship of other faiths in 1 Corinthians 8-10 and today
By Rohintan K. Mody. The Latimer Trust. 71 pages. £3.99 (or £3.50 from http://www.latimertrust.org)
ISBN 978-0-946307-72-2
Empty and Evil addresses the multi-faith society of modern Britain. It assumes that Christians face perplexing situations such as invitations to multi-faith meetings, Hindu weddings, and Muslim social occasions. The difficulties are magnified for converts from false religions.
The author addresses the paradox raised in 1 Corinthians 10.18-22. If idols are nothing (‘empty’), then what is wrong in participating in a multi-faith meeting? But if demons are of necessity associated with idolatrous religions (‘evil’) then there is everything wrong with participating. So, what is the relationship between demons and false religions? The conclusion is that demonic powers of necessity lie behind all false religion. Christians must therefore give exclusive worship to the true God, revealed in Jesus Christ, and must avoid participation in any act of homage of another faith.
